1990 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
James B. Beam Distilling Co. v. Georgia et al.
501 U.S. 529 · 111 S. Ct. 2439 · 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3624
The record
- Term
- 1990
- Decided
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 89-680
- U.S. Reports
- 501 U.S. 529
- S. Ct. citation
- 111 S. Ct. 2439
- LEXIS citation
- 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3624
How the bench divided
MMCCCCDDD
M 2 majorityC 4 concurringD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| David Souter | Judgment of the Court |
| Thurgood Marshall | Special concurrence |
| Byron White | Special concurrence |
| Harry Blackmun | Special concurrence |
| Antonin Scalia | Special concurrence |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Dissent |
| Anthony Kennedy | Dissent |
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